- 1獸性的；殘暴的
Bestial is a heavy, rather old-fashioned word for behaviour that feels less than human — cruel, wild, or disgusting in the way people picture a savage animal. Calling someone’s violence bestial is a strong moral insult, not a cute “like a cat” remark. You meet it in news, history, and books more than in chat. Though actually, in older writing it could also mean simply “of beasts / animals,” without the cruelty. It has nothing to do with best. It comes from Latin bēstia, “beast,” through Old French and Middle English.
組成From Middle English bestial, from Old French, from Late Latin bēstiālis, from Latin bēstia (“beast”) — the same root as English beast.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
bestialadj詞源 1/ˈbɛs.ti.əl/
- 1
Beast-like.
- Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.
- By thee adulterous lust was driven from men / Among the bestial herds to range […]
bestialnoun詞源 2
- 1
obsoleteCattle.
- […] much must depend upon the way in which bestial are bought or reared, and the state of the markets when they are sold.
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